Hi, just wanted to say thank you for this particular video. I've been living in Ireland for the past 13 years and was unfortunately taken off the roads due to brain surgery. But one of the things I enjoyed most was driving up to Calgary from Spokane to see friends and this was effectively the last leg of the journey and I really appreciate being able to see this view once again. It's been so long. Many thanks.
@@TransCanadaPhil It certainly is! It's probably my favourite place in the whole world. Funny you should mention feeling claustrophobic on European roads at 7:23. Ive had the same impression many times. Especially in West Cork and Kerry.
Very nice ride, always good to see the Trans Canada Highway- and to see the different highways of Canada! Really enjoy your videos and really enjoy seeing Canada's highways!
Quite a transition in scenery from the mountains in the beginning, to the rolling plains in the middle, and finally the city infrastructure! Calgary is a city I would really like to visit.
(MrSniper)+ From Mars! yeah, The view heading the other way is quite spectacular. I covered it way back in my very first video! th-cam.com/video/n4-68wdzdAI/w-d-xo.html
This is my favorite part of the trans canada anytime I'm driving home from somewhere in BC. The mountains just abruptly end and everyone starts going like 30 km/h faster. If it's an all day trip the sun starts to set and you just blast across the prairies.
Another great vid Phil. I’ve explored a lot of western Canada through your channel. So thanks Phil for the inspiration, I’ve just launched my own channel to explore the roads of Eastern Canada.
Alex Wild Thanks! I'm currently in Vancouver as I write this, recording new footage. I just recorded the Sea to Sky highway to Whistler and back earlier today! 😁
7:15 I definitely feel at home in open land too. I might live in a big city (the Dallas-Fort Worth area) and I appreciate what the big city has to offer... but I always love me a nice trip across open grasslands. It makes me sad to see the fairly-open grasslands on the west side of Fort Worth get paved over with suburbia.
nice video. i really wish that Hwy 1 wasn't signed along 16th Avenue in Calgary. It just doesn't seem right for the TCH to follow an urban road as it does.
I guess TCH-1 could follow Stoney Trail along the north side of Calgary. The due north direction of Stoney Trail on the northeast side of Calgary means that this is not as direct as a hypothetical route following (and extending) Glenmore Trail, but there is a complete freeway-standard route already existing there. They could even make Stoney Trail NE and NW part of the Trans-Canada Highway network (keeping TCH-1's current routing through Calgary), in the same manner that the southern Winnipeg Perimeter is signed as TCH-100. The same could be said for TCH-16 following Anthony Henday Drive around the north side of Edmonton, and this actually makes more sense as this does not deviate as much from the current TCH-16 route, compared to Stoney Trail's route versus the current TCH-1 route through Calgary. Or once again, just add northern Anthony Henday Drive to the TCH network. Both Stoney Trail and Anthony Henday Drive already have "derivative" highway numbers relative to the main TCH highways (AB-201 and AB-216 respectively), so the segments that most easily form a bypass of Calgary and Edmonton should get TCH shields (TCH-201 and TCH-216) in my opinion.
I love to watch you videos when I'm feeling homesick could you please do a trip from Banff to Radium Hot Springs and from Jasper to Mount Robson and on to McBride please
Yes the Banff to Radium Hot Springs is a route I still have to get. For Jasper to Mount Robson, I pretty much have it going the other way (north to south), but not yet south to north.
Very good song choice & beautiful landscapes!
Hi, just wanted to say thank you for this particular video. I've been living in Ireland for the past 13 years and was unfortunately taken off the roads due to brain surgery. But one of the things I enjoyed most was driving up to Calgary from Spokane to see friends and this was effectively the last leg of the journey and I really appreciate being able to see this view once again. It's been so long. Many thanks.
ahh thanks for watching my videos! Alberta is great for driving through just simply due to the variety of landscapes.
@@TransCanadaPhil It certainly is! It's probably my favourite place in the whole world.
Funny you should mention feeling claustrophobic on European roads at 7:23. Ive had the same impression many times. Especially in West Cork and Kerry.
Very nice ride, always good to see the Trans Canada Highway- and to see the different highways of Canada! Really enjoy your videos and really enjoy seeing Canada's highways!
Quite a transition in scenery from the mountains in the beginning, to the rolling plains in the middle, and finally the city infrastructure! Calgary is a city I would really like to visit.
(MrSniper)+ From Mars! yeah, The view heading the other way is quite spectacular. I covered it way back in my very first video! th-cam.com/video/n4-68wdzdAI/w-d-xo.html
@@TransCanadaPhil Are you at the airport?
Nice video and it brings back a lot of memories.
Great video, beautiful scenery, thanks for sharing :)
ellie bird I have an older video of the same section of highway going the other way. It was one of my first videos ever posted.
@@TransCanadaPhil awesome, thanks for letting me know, will see if I have watched it or watch it again :)
Great video as usual Phil. Look forward to those once Calgary South ring road finished 😎
Dio Split When its done I'll be sure to get over there to record it.
This is my favorite part of the trans canada anytime I'm driving home from somewhere in BC. The mountains just abruptly end and everyone starts going like 30 km/h faster. If it's an all day trip the sun starts to set and you just blast across the prairies.
yes, that front range of the Rockies is like a wall almost. You can pinpoint exactly where the Rockies start and stop 45 minutes west of Calgary.
thank you very much for this video, very interesting information and nice view!
Another great vid Phil. I’ve explored a lot of western Canada through your channel. So thanks Phil for the inspiration,
I’ve just launched my own channel to explore the roads of Eastern Canada.
Byron Stubbert Ahh great stuff, I'll check out your channel!
Thanks Phil ,you can find me at CB Roads
At 10:18 you can see a hotel beside a McDonald’s on the left. I have stayed there and I really enjoyed it
Been waiting for this video and audio mix for a while :D
Alex Wild Thanks! I'm currently in Vancouver as I write this, recording new footage. I just recorded the Sea to Sky highway to Whistler and back earlier today! 😁
Love your videos, Phil, I will be the Calgary this July
Thanks. Enjoy Calgary, my favourite Canadian city! I'm currently in Vancouver right now, recording new footage!
Yes Canada episode
7:15 I definitely feel at home in open land too.
I might live in a big city (the Dallas-Fort Worth area) and I appreciate what the big city has to offer... but I always love me a nice trip across open grasslands. It makes me sad to see the fairly-open grasslands on the west side of Fort Worth get paved over with suburbia.
Is the first part of the intro him driving on the Winnipeg Perimeter? Btw best channel ever!!
J Splett yes that's the perimeter highway in Winnipeg near the Centreport Canada Way interchange. Thanks for the kind words!
You’re welcome, and thank you for how quick you were. My favourite drives are when you are in the UK. I really enjoy the beautiful landscape
The quality of highways in Alberta is so much better compared to Ontario.
I tend to agree. They are the best ones in western Canada, that's for sure!
nice video. i really wish that Hwy 1 wasn't signed along 16th Avenue in Calgary. It just doesn't seem right for the TCH to follow an urban road as it does.
Asphalt Planet agreed, it should swing to the south before coming into the city and run along Glenmore Trail instead!
I guess TCH-1 could follow Stoney Trail along the north side of Calgary. The due north direction of Stoney Trail on the northeast side of Calgary means that this is not as direct as a hypothetical route following (and extending) Glenmore Trail, but there is a complete freeway-standard route already existing there. They could even make Stoney Trail NE and NW part of the Trans-Canada Highway network (keeping TCH-1's current routing through Calgary), in the same manner that the southern Winnipeg Perimeter is signed as TCH-100.
The same could be said for TCH-16 following Anthony Henday Drive around the north side of Edmonton, and this actually makes more sense as this does not deviate as much from the current TCH-16 route, compared to Stoney Trail's route versus the current TCH-1 route through Calgary. Or once again, just add northern Anthony Henday Drive to the TCH network.
Both Stoney Trail and Anthony Henday Drive already have "derivative" highway numbers relative to the main TCH highways (AB-201 and AB-216 respectively), so the segments that most easily form a bypass of Calgary and Edmonton should get TCH shields (TCH-201 and TCH-216) in my opinion.
Suggestion: Drive the ON-401! Also i love your videos and also am from Winnipeg!
Elwood Innis If I'm in Toronto I will for sure!
Elwood Innis I am from Brandon
Do you have time stamps of your videos for the 2019 trips ? Maybe you'd be able to help the Iwassa family with Marshals missing case
I love to watch you videos when I'm feeling homesick could you please do a trip from Banff to Radium Hot Springs and from Jasper to Mount Robson and on to McBride please
Yes the Banff to Radium Hot Springs is a route I still have to get. For Jasper to Mount Robson, I pretty much have it going the other way (north to south), but not yet south to north.
@@TransCanadaPhil Do you bring any food from the supermaket?
Try driving thru Illinois,Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota, North Dakota it's flat and boring
Brian Wells haha, just like Saskatchewan!
You forgot Michigan and Ohio.
Actually, when I was in SD, it was hilly. But I suppose that I am used to it being flat, as I am Manitoban